We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God – more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

It is one thing to record an album but it’s a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.

The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We’ve all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we’ve all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that’s a gift – to you and your audience.

Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I’ve never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line’s always been really blurred for me. I’ll hang out with them after the show. I’ll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I’ll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn’t greedy. It was mine, my girl’s, my mom’s. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we’re very modest. But that’s not greedy. That’s nice, right?

I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my life story.

Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn’t feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Facebook and Instagram are both really popular with teens, both in the U.S. and globally across the world. I think what you’re starting to see is that there are all these different ways that people want to share and communicate.

There are people in the world who aren’t necessarily Christians, but they’re just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

My mother always wanted to give back.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

I don’t need therapy. I’m not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

I’ve been blessed in that regard through and through. So I’m just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‚What’s in it for me?‘

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

I have spent the greater part of my life in a hotel room with seven or eight kids, looking after everyone, sorting out fights, wiping noses, handing out towels, not having a clean towel left for me.

I don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Everything is an open book. I don’t speak on other people’s hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I’m going to talk about it. That’s what my fan base appreciates the most. I’m universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.

Our best thoughts come from others.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that’s the mercy you’re going to be receiving.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.